Brooke Geery

Random Thoughts

The Lemmy Twerking Files

I know the Internet is all in a tizzy about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs. Personally, I don't care, other than the fact it MAY drive traffic. Besides, my dog Lemmy is the best twerker I know. He does it when he's excited, and well, he's excited a lot. So first, I made this video. And then, Morgan Freeman went and read the definition of Twerking on TV. So you know this had to happen. I love the Internet.
Read More

Nature Valley Granola Thins: My Official Review

Nature Valley (ahem, General Mills) has been desperately trying to get people addicted to these granola thins. I know because I had tons of coupons for them that have been accumulating almost every week. They were finally cheap enough at Safeway that I decided I would pick some up. They are regularly $3.99 and on sale for $2.99. If you bought four you saved an extra $1 per box, plus I had 4 $.75 coupon, which Safeway doubled all four of, saving me another $2. Total I paid $.74 cents a box. Now the real question: was it worth it? I was kind of excited that they were only 80…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

Coupon Cook Off!

This is the third cook off we've done for Yobeat and the 5th one ever, and this time, I was able to take advantage of my couponing to pull it off cheap! I dipped into my mini stockpile and here's the break down on the ingredient cost: Two boxes of Kellogs Cornflakes $3.98 total (plus 2/5's of a free movie ticket!) Two cans of green chili peppers $.98 total (2.98, on sale for 2.48- $1/2 coupon -.50 doubler) Two jars of Classico Pasta sauce $.74 each (Regular price $3.59, On sale $2.49- $1 off in ad coupon – $1/2 mfg coupon – .50 safeway doubler) Two packages of Tilapia $3.98…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Thanks Sweetpea!

One of the rules I've set for myself is only purchasing one Sunday Paper a week. There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is cost (others being hoarding prevention and my desire not to prolong the life of the print industry.) At $2 a pop, buying a bunch of papers could start to add up and negate the value of the coupons, right? That said, I'm not to proud to take coupons from other people's newspapers. The only problem is, who subscribes the newspaper anymore? Even my parents have moved to the e-version. Today when I came into work though, the Sunday paper was still in…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

The Lemmy Twerking Files

I know the Internet is all in a tizzy about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs. Personally, I don't care, other than the fact it MAY drive traffic. Besides, my dog Lemmy is the best twerker I know. He does it when he's excited, and well, he's excited a lot. So first, I made this video. And then, Morgan Freeman went and read the definition of Twerking on TV. So you know this had to happen. I love the Internet.
Read More

Nature Valley Granola Thins: My Official Review

Nature Valley (ahem, General Mills) has been desperately trying to get people addicted to these granola thins. I know because I had tons of coupons for them that have been accumulating almost every week. They were finally cheap enough at Safeway that I decided I would pick some up. They are regularly $3.99 and on sale for $2.99. If you bought four you saved an extra $1 per box, plus I had 4 $.75 coupon, which Safeway doubled all four of, saving me another $2. Total I paid $.74 cents a box. Now the real question: was it worth it? I was kind of excited that they were only 80…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

Coupon Cook Off!

This is the third cook off we've done for Yobeat and the 5th one ever, and this time, I was able to take advantage of my couponing to pull it off cheap! I dipped into my mini stockpile and here's the break down on the ingredient cost: Two boxes of Kellogs Cornflakes $3.98 total (plus 2/5's of a free movie ticket!) Two cans of green chili peppers $.98 total (2.98, on sale for 2.48- $1/2 coupon -.50 doubler) Two jars of Classico Pasta sauce $.74 each (Regular price $3.59, On sale $2.49- $1 off in ad coupon – $1/2 mfg coupon – .50 safeway doubler) Two packages of Tilapia $3.98…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Thanks Sweetpea!

One of the rules I've set for myself is only purchasing one Sunday Paper a week. There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is cost (others being hoarding prevention and my desire not to prolong the life of the print industry.) At $2 a pop, buying a bunch of papers could start to add up and negate the value of the coupons, right? That said, I'm not to proud to take coupons from other people's newspapers. The only problem is, who subscribes the newspaper anymore? Even my parents have moved to the e-version. Today when I came into work though, the Sunday paper was still in…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

The Lemmy Twerking Files

I know the Internet is all in a tizzy about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs. Personally, I don't care, other than the fact it MAY drive traffic. Besides, my dog Lemmy is the best twerker I know. He does it when he's excited, and well, he's excited a lot. So first, I made this video. And then, Morgan Freeman went and read the definition of Twerking on TV. So you know this had to happen. I love the Internet.
Read More

Nature Valley Granola Thins: My Official Review

Nature Valley (ahem, General Mills) has been desperately trying to get people addicted to these granola thins. I know because I had tons of coupons for them that have been accumulating almost every week. They were finally cheap enough at Safeway that I decided I would pick some up. They are regularly $3.99 and on sale for $2.99. If you bought four you saved an extra $1 per box, plus I had 4 $.75 coupon, which Safeway doubled all four of, saving me another $2. Total I paid $.74 cents a box. Now the real question: was it worth it? I was kind of excited that they were only 80…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

Coupon Cook Off!

This is the third cook off we've done for Yobeat and the 5th one ever, and this time, I was able to take advantage of my couponing to pull it off cheap! I dipped into my mini stockpile and here's the break down on the ingredient cost: Two boxes of Kellogs Cornflakes $3.98 total (plus 2/5's of a free movie ticket!) Two cans of green chili peppers $.98 total (2.98, on sale for 2.48- $1/2 coupon -.50 doubler) Two jars of Classico Pasta sauce $.74 each (Regular price $3.59, On sale $2.49- $1 off in ad coupon – $1/2 mfg coupon – .50 safeway doubler) Two packages of Tilapia $3.98…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Thanks Sweetpea!

One of the rules I've set for myself is only purchasing one Sunday Paper a week. There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is cost (others being hoarding prevention and my desire not to prolong the life of the print industry.) At $2 a pop, buying a bunch of papers could start to add up and negate the value of the coupons, right? That said, I'm not to proud to take coupons from other people's newspapers. The only problem is, who subscribes the newspaper anymore? Even my parents have moved to the e-version. Today when I came into work though, the Sunday paper was still in…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

The Lemmy Twerking Files

I know the Internet is all in a tizzy about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs. Personally, I don't care, other than the fact it MAY drive traffic. Besides, my dog Lemmy is the best twerker I know. He does it when he's excited, and well, he's excited a lot. So first, I made this video. And then, Morgan Freeman went and read the definition of Twerking on TV. So you know this had to happen. I love the Internet.
Read More

Nature Valley Granola Thins: My Official Review

Nature Valley (ahem, General Mills) has been desperately trying to get people addicted to these granola thins. I know because I had tons of coupons for them that have been accumulating almost every week. They were finally cheap enough at Safeway that I decided I would pick some up. They are regularly $3.99 and on sale for $2.99. If you bought four you saved an extra $1 per box, plus I had 4 $.75 coupon, which Safeway doubled all four of, saving me another $2. Total I paid $.74 cents a box. Now the real question: was it worth it? I was kind of excited that they were only 80…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

Coupon Cook Off!

This is the third cook off we've done for Yobeat and the 5th one ever, and this time, I was able to take advantage of my couponing to pull it off cheap! I dipped into my mini stockpile and here's the break down on the ingredient cost: Two boxes of Kellogs Cornflakes $3.98 total (plus 2/5's of a free movie ticket!) Two cans of green chili peppers $.98 total (2.98, on sale for 2.48- $1/2 coupon -.50 doubler) Two jars of Classico Pasta sauce $.74 each (Regular price $3.59, On sale $2.49- $1 off in ad coupon – $1/2 mfg coupon – .50 safeway doubler) Two packages of Tilapia $3.98…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Thanks Sweetpea!

One of the rules I've set for myself is only purchasing one Sunday Paper a week. There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is cost (others being hoarding prevention and my desire not to prolong the life of the print industry.) At $2 a pop, buying a bunch of papers could start to add up and negate the value of the coupons, right? That said, I'm not to proud to take coupons from other people's newspapers. The only problem is, who subscribes the newspaper anymore? Even my parents have moved to the e-version. Today when I came into work though, the Sunday paper was still in…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

The Lemmy Twerking Files

I know the Internet is all in a tizzy about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs. Personally, I don't care, other than the fact it MAY drive traffic. Besides, my dog Lemmy is the best twerker I know. He does it when he's excited, and well, he's excited a lot. So first, I made this video. And then, Morgan Freeman went and read the definition of Twerking on TV. So you know this had to happen. I love the Internet.
Read More

Nature Valley Granola Thins: My Official Review

Nature Valley (ahem, General Mills) has been desperately trying to get people addicted to these granola thins. I know because I had tons of coupons for them that have been accumulating almost every week. They were finally cheap enough at Safeway that I decided I would pick some up. They are regularly $3.99 and on sale for $2.99. If you bought four you saved an extra $1 per box, plus I had 4 $.75 coupon, which Safeway doubled all four of, saving me another $2. Total I paid $.74 cents a box. Now the real question: was it worth it? I was kind of excited that they were only 80…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

Coupon Cook Off!

This is the third cook off we've done for Yobeat and the 5th one ever, and this time, I was able to take advantage of my couponing to pull it off cheap! I dipped into my mini stockpile and here's the break down on the ingredient cost: Two boxes of Kellogs Cornflakes $3.98 total (plus 2/5's of a free movie ticket!) Two cans of green chili peppers $.98 total (2.98, on sale for 2.48- $1/2 coupon -.50 doubler) Two jars of Classico Pasta sauce $.74 each (Regular price $3.59, On sale $2.49- $1 off in ad coupon – $1/2 mfg coupon – .50 safeway doubler) Two packages of Tilapia $3.98…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Thanks Sweetpea!

One of the rules I've set for myself is only purchasing one Sunday Paper a week. There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is cost (others being hoarding prevention and my desire not to prolong the life of the print industry.) At $2 a pop, buying a bunch of papers could start to add up and negate the value of the coupons, right? That said, I'm not to proud to take coupons from other people's newspapers. The only problem is, who subscribes the newspaper anymore? Even my parents have moved to the e-version. Today when I came into work though, the Sunday paper was still in…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

The Lemmy Twerking Files

I know the Internet is all in a tizzy about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs. Personally, I don't care, other than the fact it MAY drive traffic. Besides, my dog Lemmy is the best twerker I know. He does it when he's excited, and well, he's excited a lot. So first, I made this video. And then, Morgan Freeman went and read the definition of Twerking on TV. So you know this had to happen. I love the Internet.
Read More

Nature Valley Granola Thins: My Official Review

Nature Valley (ahem, General Mills) has been desperately trying to get people addicted to these granola thins. I know because I had tons of coupons for them that have been accumulating almost every week. They were finally cheap enough at Safeway that I decided I would pick some up. They are regularly $3.99 and on sale for $2.99. If you bought four you saved an extra $1 per box, plus I had 4 $.75 coupon, which Safeway doubled all four of, saving me another $2. Total I paid $.74 cents a box. Now the real question: was it worth it? I was kind of excited that they were only 80…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

Coupon Cook Off!

This is the third cook off we've done for Yobeat and the 5th one ever, and this time, I was able to take advantage of my couponing to pull it off cheap! I dipped into my mini stockpile and here's the break down on the ingredient cost: Two boxes of Kellogs Cornflakes $3.98 total (plus 2/5's of a free movie ticket!) Two cans of green chili peppers $.98 total (2.98, on sale for 2.48- $1/2 coupon -.50 doubler) Two jars of Classico Pasta sauce $.74 each (Regular price $3.59, On sale $2.49- $1 off in ad coupon – $1/2 mfg coupon – .50 safeway doubler) Two packages of Tilapia $3.98…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Thanks Sweetpea!

One of the rules I've set for myself is only purchasing one Sunday Paper a week. There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is cost (others being hoarding prevention and my desire not to prolong the life of the print industry.) At $2 a pop, buying a bunch of papers could start to add up and negate the value of the coupons, right? That said, I'm not to proud to take coupons from other people's newspapers. The only problem is, who subscribes the newspaper anymore? Even my parents have moved to the e-version. Today when I came into work though, the Sunday paper was still in…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

The Lemmy Twerking Files

I know the Internet is all in a tizzy about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs. Personally, I don't care, other than the fact it MAY drive traffic. Besides, my dog Lemmy is the best twerker I know. He does it when he's excited, and well, he's excited a lot. So first, I made this video. And then, Morgan Freeman went and read the definition of Twerking on TV. So you know this had to happen. I love the Internet.
Read More

Nature Valley Granola Thins: My Official Review

Nature Valley (ahem, General Mills) has been desperately trying to get people addicted to these granola thins. I know because I had tons of coupons for them that have been accumulating almost every week. They were finally cheap enough at Safeway that I decided I would pick some up. They are regularly $3.99 and on sale for $2.99. If you bought four you saved an extra $1 per box, plus I had 4 $.75 coupon, which Safeway doubled all four of, saving me another $2. Total I paid $.74 cents a box. Now the real question: was it worth it? I was kind of excited that they were only 80…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

Coupon Cook Off!

This is the third cook off we've done for Yobeat and the 5th one ever, and this time, I was able to take advantage of my couponing to pull it off cheap! I dipped into my mini stockpile and here's the break down on the ingredient cost: Two boxes of Kellogs Cornflakes $3.98 total (plus 2/5's of a free movie ticket!) Two cans of green chili peppers $.98 total (2.98, on sale for 2.48- $1/2 coupon -.50 doubler) Two jars of Classico Pasta sauce $.74 each (Regular price $3.59, On sale $2.49- $1 off in ad coupon – $1/2 mfg coupon – .50 safeway doubler) Two packages of Tilapia $3.98…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
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New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
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Thanks Sweetpea!

One of the rules I've set for myself is only purchasing one Sunday Paper a week. There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is cost (others being hoarding prevention and my desire not to prolong the life of the print industry.) At $2 a pop, buying a bunch of papers could start to add up and negate the value of the coupons, right? That said, I'm not to proud to take coupons from other people's newspapers. The only problem is, who subscribes the newspaper anymore? Even my parents have moved to the e-version. Today when I came into work though, the Sunday paper was still in…
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Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
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The Lemmy Twerking Files

I know the Internet is all in a tizzy about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs. Personally, I don't care, other than the fact it MAY drive traffic. Besides, my dog Lemmy is the best twerker I know. He does it when he's excited, and well, he's excited a lot. So first, I made this video. And then, Morgan Freeman went and read the definition of Twerking on TV. So you know this had to happen. I love the Internet.
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Nature Valley Granola Thins: My Official Review

Nature Valley (ahem, General Mills) has been desperately trying to get people addicted to these granola thins. I know because I had tons of coupons for them that have been accumulating almost every week. They were finally cheap enough at Safeway that I decided I would pick some up. They are regularly $3.99 and on sale for $2.99. If you bought four you saved an extra $1 per box, plus I had 4 $.75 coupon, which Safeway doubled all four of, saving me another $2. Total I paid $.74 cents a box. Now the real question: was it worth it? I was kind of excited that they were only 80…
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Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
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Coupon Cook Off!

This is the third cook off we've done for Yobeat and the 5th one ever, and this time, I was able to take advantage of my couponing to pull it off cheap! I dipped into my mini stockpile and here's the break down on the ingredient cost: Two boxes of Kellogs Cornflakes $3.98 total (plus 2/5's of a free movie ticket!) Two cans of green chili peppers $.98 total (2.98, on sale for 2.48- $1/2 coupon -.50 doubler) Two jars of Classico Pasta sauce $.74 each (Regular price $3.59, On sale $2.49- $1 off in ad coupon – $1/2 mfg coupon – .50 safeway doubler) Two packages of Tilapia $3.98…
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I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
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New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
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Thanks Sweetpea!

One of the rules I've set for myself is only purchasing one Sunday Paper a week. There are a few reasons for this, but the main one is cost (others being hoarding prevention and my desire not to prolong the life of the print industry.) At $2 a pop, buying a bunch of papers could start to add up and negate the value of the coupons, right? That said, I'm not to proud to take coupons from other people's newspapers. The only problem is, who subscribes the newspaper anymore? Even my parents have moved to the e-version. Today when I came into work though, the Sunday paper was still in…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
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